Robin Sparkman became President of ProPublica in 2021. She has responsibility for all of ProPublica’s non-journalism operations, including fundraising, communications, legal, finance and budgeting, and human resources. Prior to ProPublica, Sparkman was the founding CEO of nonprofit media organization StoryCorps (2014-2021). Previously, she spent more than two decades as a reporter and editor. She served as editor-in-chief of the American Lawyer from 2010-2014, and earlier as executive editor, as well as deputy editorial director of parent company American Lawyer Media. Previous work included stints at MSNBC.com and Newsweek. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Harvard Business School's SPNM (Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management) program. Robin serves on the boards of the Columbia Journalism Review, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation and F.Y. Eye.